Barra de Navidad, Mexico

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Near Barra de Navidad. Photo: ViviXXII, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Barra de Navidad

Barra de Navidad is a town in Jalisco, Mexico. From Barra de Navidad you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Barra de Navidad, a surf spot 0.3 km from the centre. Overture lists 52 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is ZLO, 15 km away.

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Staying in Barra de Navidad

  • 52 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: ZLO, 15 km, CLQ, 116 km, PVR, 175 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Barra de Navidad. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Barra de Navidad each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots within 20 km of Barra de Navidad: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Barra de Navidad0.3 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up7 ft534 kJwind from the south, 4 knots5 ft666 kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots5 ft515 kJwind from the west-south-west, 1 knot4 ft287 kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots4 ft382 kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots4 ft374 kJwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots, offshore3 ft234 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots
All readings for Barra de Navidad: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Barra de Navidad, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct0, too big7 ft7 shollow534kJwind from the south, 4 knots29°C
Mon 19Oct46, fair5 ft11 shollow666kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots31°C
Tue 20Oct50, good5 ft11 shollow515kJwind from the west-south-west, 1 knot32°C
Wed 21Oct61, good4 ft10 shollow287kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots31°C
Thu 22Oct68, good4 ft11 shollow382kJwind from the south-south-west, 4 knots30°C
Fri 23Oct65, good4 ft12 shollow374kJwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots, offshore29°C
Sat 24Oct56, good3 ft12 shollow234kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots29°C
Ranchito6.8 kmabout 15 min by carIntermediate and up7 ft534 kJwind from the south-south-east, 10 knots5 ft666 kJwind from the north-west, 5 knots5 ft515 kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots4 ft444 kJwind from the north, 2 knots, offshore4 ft458 kJwind from the east, 6 knots4 ft374 kJwind from the east, 8 knots3 ft231 kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots
All readings for Ranchito: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ranchito, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct0, too big7 ft7 shollow534kJwind from the south-south-east, 10 knots28°C
Mon 19Oct44, fair5 ft11 shollow666kJwind from the north-west, 5 knots30°C
Tue 20Oct44, fair5 ft11 shollow515kJwind from the north-west, 3 knots30°C
Wed 21Oct58, good4 ft11 shollow444kJwind from the north, 2 knots, offshore30°C
Thu 22Oct66, good4 ft12 shollow458kJwind from the east, 6 knots29°C
Fri 23Oct57, good4 ft12 shollow374kJwind from the east, 8 knots28°C
Sat 24Oct57, good3 ft12 shollow231kJwind from the south-south-east, 4 knots29°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Barra de Navidad, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Barra de Navidad. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots that stay in Barra de Navidad from further out: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Arroyo seco31.4 kmabout 55 min by carIntermediate and up8 ft604 kJwind from the south-south-east, 14 knots6 ft692 kJwind from the west-north-west, 6 knots5 ft506 kJwind from the north-north-west, 6 knots5 ft508 kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots4 ft497 kJwind from the south-south-west, 1 knot4 ft390 kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots3 ft234 kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots
All readings for Arroyo seco: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Arroyo seco, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct0, too big8 ft8 smushy604kJwind from the south-south-east, 14 knots28°C
Mon 19Oct30, poor6 ft11 smushy692kJwind from the west-north-west, 6 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct44, fair5 ft11 scrumbling506kJwind from the north-north-west, 6 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct56, good5 ft12 scrumbling508kJwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots29°C
Thu 22Oct64, good4 ft12 scrumbling497kJwind from the south-south-west, 1 knot29°C
Fri 23Oct53, good4 ft12 scrumbling390kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots29°C
Sat 24Oct57, good3 ft12 shollow234kJwind from the south-south-east, 3 knots28°C

Places to eat near Barra de Navidad

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits